Given his poor Scottish Open document, and lacking the reduce final yr, Straka admits he arrived with “very low expectations” regardless of fantastic current kind.
A razor-sharp brief recreation helped him shine this time in sun-baked East Lothian.
Beginning on the par-five tenth, Straka obtained the ball rolling with back-to-back birdies and was 4 below on the flip.
Three birdies in a row adopted from the third to offer the European Ryder Cup star the outright lead earlier than earlier than he instantly wobbled with successive bogeys.
The response was magnificent, although, as he chipped in from left of the eighth inexperienced to finish a fantastic day’s work.
“The sport’s been in actually good condition coming into right here,” Straka stated. “The low expectations come from simply not having carried out at this course.
“My brief recreation was very nice. I chipped it rather well, made some putts and I hit the ball okay. Driver was a bit of bit squirrely however brief recreation saved me at the moment.”
Scheffler opened with an eagle on the tenth and picked up an additional two strokes, however an untidy end featured bogeys on 4 and 6.
“I want I might have performed a bit of bit higher after that [eagle],” stated the American. “However general, I felt like I did some good issues on the market and hung in there properly and put up an honest rating.”
MacIntyre battled a “chilly putter” throughout a combined opening spherical that included 4 birdies and two bogeys, whereas Hill upstaged his compatriot to affix Germany’s Marcel Siem on 5 below.
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